A joint venture involving engineering and construction company Clough Ltd has been selected as the preferred proponent for the $200 million Wivenhoe Cressbrook pipeline project in Queensland.
Subiaco-based mineral exploration company Venture Minerals has sold $1.04 million of shares at a discount to fund further exploration of a magnetite and tin project in Tasmania.
Osborne Park-based Fairstar Resources Ltd, which is in the midst of a hostile takeover bid for Goldwen West Resources Ltd, had announced plans to raise $2.5 million in new equity.
West Perth-based Monarch Gold Mining Company Ltd has announced the resignation of managing director Matthew Gill, just three weeks after the loss-making company said it had revised its production plans.
Following a definitive feasibility study of its Roseby Copper project in Queensland, West Perth-based Universal Resources Ltd has now assessed the value of the mine at $282 million, an increase of $96 million in preliminary results.
A 3.3 kilometre stretch of the Bussell Highway just south of Metricup Roads will be upgraded, with Southern Road Services awarded a $1.86 million contract to carry out widening works.
Perth-based Focus Minerals Ltd has announced a $64 million acquisition, development and funding strategy to consolidate ownership of the Coolgardie Gold Field and an expanded development program in both gold and nickel.
Boss Energy Ltd has agreed to partner in the acquisition of the 107.6 square kilometre Tortay oil concession in Kazakhstan for a consideration of US$5 million ($5.38 million) cash and 20 million fully paid ordinary shares.
Windimurra Vanadium Ltd has announced the appointment of Dr Wolf Martinick as chairman, replacing previous chairman Michael Kiernan who resigned from the company last week.
Diversified engineering company RCR Tomlinson Ltd continues to secure significant contracts accross Australia, with the company confirming it has secured more than $50 million in new orders.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has agreed to a request by North West Shelf Gas Pty Limited to revoke its joint gas sales agreement for the Western Australian market.
Parker Centre chief Mark Woffenden has been appointed executive director of Curtin University of Technology's new Resources and Chemistry Centre, due for completion in 2009.
West Perth-based nickel producer Nickelore Ltd has released the results of its scoping study for the Canegrass Nickel Cobalt project, which shows the project may have the potential to begin production in 2011.
Engineering company Monadelphous Group Ltd appears to have snared its biggest contract to date, a $290 million contract for structural, mechanical and piping works at BHP Billiton Iron Ore's Newman Hub.
Polaris Metals NL spin-off Southern Cross Goldfields Ltd has closed its initial public offer after raising $8 million, ahead of listing on the Australian Securities Exchange on March 20.
People wanting to have a baby at the state government's new flagship Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch may have to re-think their plans, according to the state opposition.
Universal Resources Ltd has placed 33.8 million shares at 65 cents each with New South Wales-based Tulla Resources Group Ltd to raise about $2.2 million
Perth-based IronClad Mining Ltd and three other mining companies have established a lobby group to expedite the development of a dry bulk common user port facility in South Australia's Spencer Gulf.
The long-running legal stoush between West Perth-based intellectual property company ipernica Ltd and Sweden-based Ericsson Inc has settled in the Federal Court on a no liabaility basis, with Ericsson agreeing to pay $30 million in cash to ipernica.
Kalgoorlie Boulder Resources Ltd has commissioned engineering group Downer EDI , Element CMC and J Macintyre and Associates to conduct a number of additional technical studies for incorporation into its Norseman Gold Project scoping study.
Planning and Infrastructure minister Alannah MacTiernan has announced the appointment of Alan Birchmore as the new chairman of the board of the Fremantle Port Authority.
Uranium explorer Bannerman Resources Ltd plans to accelerate development of its Goanikontes uranium project in Namibia, following confirmation it is to raise C$21 million ($22.8 million) through a fully underwritten capital raising to Canadian investors.
West Perth-based Coote Industrial Ltd has agreed to purchase the assets of Bucks Rail Welding, a New South Wales based specialist rail track welding business for $4.25 million.
North West Shelf Australia Pty Ltd has confirmed the signing of a heads of agreement with Japan's Chubu Electric for the supply of around 500,000 tonnes of LNG per year, over the next seven years.
The Perth-based diamond explorer Paramount Mining Corporation Ltd is set to launch a $40 million capital raising ahead of a new exploration float on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in September this year.
West Perth-based oil and gas player Golden Gate Petroleum Ltd has agreed to place 24.7 million shares at 21 cents each to raise $5.2 million to advance its Bullseye and Wilcox projects in the United States.
